All newer aircraft added to the game come with them. Older examples or those with more limited payloads currently do not.
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The primary reason why they dont is primarily because they havent gotten to them yet, adding custom loadouts to those airframes has been in the works, and they promised with said loadouts that all new vehicles will come with it and older ones will be changed to the formatting as they go, whether this has changed or not has yet to be seen
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I don’t think that’s what this means.
The T-1s are much different aircraft from the L-39 or F-84. They would perform worse with more limited armament, but are still on a decently capable airframe for an early jet. A T-1 could be added at a lower BR where it can bring a relatively fast strike aircraft to the popular 6.7 ground lineup for example, where the L-39 can’t be used because it has the ballistics computer. Or if Gaijin allow missiles a T-1 could make up for the otherwise very light armament by being the lowest fox 2 missile carrier (current being the more heavily armed Hawk Mk.100) at a BR around where the F-84 sits and bring a unique playstyle for air combat.
They fill entirely different roles in the game, so I think they can exist perfectly well alongside eachother.
But also these were added to represent their respective nations, so even if they filled the exact same role as far as gameplay is concerned, they shouldn’t be able to cancel eachother out. The T-1 will never be able to take the spot of Thailands first jet fighter, the same way that the F-84 will never be Japans first post-war domestic jet aircraft.
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This thread sure has been active, even though there’s been no CM post yet.
Looking forward to having updates later this week :)
hundreds, no, thousands must cope for the CM post
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the cm post will mention a challenger 2 rework i promise (im lying)
Would be nice to see custom loadouts on the F-86s though at some point, maybe with reworked loadouts too since there is options we don’t have on them in game yet. Especially the F-86F-40 comes to mind that on top of missing fuel tanks like most others also lacks the ability to take missiles with other loadouts and is missing some rocket options
ROCAF F-86F-40 with AIM-9B missiles and fuel tanks, as well as the main wing pylons used to carry bombs
JASDF F-86F-40 with mounting for MA-3 rocket pod (7x FFAR pod) next to the fuel tankImage of MA-3s on a Spanish F-86
Seems that at least three per wing are possible next to the fuel tank, though the two inner ones seem to occupy the space where a bomb would be carried.
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I’m just hoping that the Polish tech tree is mentioned in it 🤞
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My personal Cope-o-Meter is showing 07%. Keep it going folks!
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why not 007% ?
Polska tree shouldnt be a cope.
it should be a reality.
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Toward the end of the week — this most likely means CM on Thursday.
“early next week” aka tomorrow trust me
Day 27 of waiting for Cypriot sub tree
CM blog will have F-15EX mentioned, I know it
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The CM blog will just show this picture and nothing else
Spoiler
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Yes, the Thai F-84 was a rather poor example.
Let’s compare their capabilities. Consider the Japanese Fuji T-1 against aircraft from the sub-trees (such as the Thai Aero L-39ZA/ART and Cessna A-37B, or the Malaysian Canadair CL-41G and Aermacchi MB-339AM—I’m not sure if Indonesia has aircraft at a similar BR). In this company, the Fuji T-1—along with the Canadair CL-41G—looks disappointing. It is inferior to them in many respects, and its only real selling point is its historical background, which is easily overlooked. It reminds me a bit of the current state of the Mitsubishi F-1. That aircraft (at least from what I’ve observed) isn’t very appealing to play, given that it lacks its full loadout and faces superior sub-tree aircraft at a very similar BR. Is the only reason to fly it the fact that it was Japan’s first post-war jet fighter? I doubt that’s enough to draw players in (I wanted to check the F-1’s popularity against the A-7E and A-4PTM on Statshark, but the site isn’t cooperating).
At this point—at least from Gaijin’s perspective—adding the Fuji T-1 might not make much sense. It isn’t as iconic as the British Hawk, and sub-trees offer the option of adding more straightforward vehicles instead (such as modified versions of existing aircraft or a new model shared across several nations). Furthermore, the Fuji T-1 would likely be flown only by die-hard enthusiasts, potentially leading it to suffer the same fate as the R2Y2.
It shares the same fate as the Hunter F.6, both of them are old top tier planes that haven’t aged well at all thanks to powercreep and BR compression
The T-2 is genuinely the more appealing aircraft because it is 9.7 instead of 10.0 and the two extra missiles don’t make up for the lack of countermeasures, especially when you take rocket pods as makeshift countermeasures
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